Hi Jo Sorry to hear about your little one. Similar story to ours. Emily was diagnosed at 8 weeks after an ultra-scan as she was a breach baby too. It is...
Hi Rachel Welcome to the group! Sorry it's taken so long for me to repsond to your post, but I've been on holiday. Unfortunately I can't offer you any advise...
Jo, I think that you need to have someone who has seen this more than 2 times in 15 years. I am not sure why your visitor took the harness off so soon. From...
Rachel, My daughter had traction in the hospital. But the reason why I am writing to you is that I am part of another hip dysplasia group and we do have some ...
Hi, Thanks for the link, Ollie's Dr said although they are two seperate conditions, he was suspicious that Ollie should develop perthes at such an early age, &...
Hi everyone Charlotte went for her latest follow up yesterday. It is looking ok at the moment......the acetabulum (socket) is slowly coming down but he is a...
Hi Everyone Sophie had a scan which revealed that her hip now looks perfectly normal. The consultant said if her x-ray shows the same in 4 weeks time, he'll...
Hi Shona That's great news!! I love to hear pavlik harness success stories! Let us know how you get on at her next appointment. Take care Sara ... From:...
Hi Karen Great news about Charlotte's socket growing. The most frustrating thing about this condition is the "waiting game". Have fun swimming! Take care ...
Karen, I will tell you that it is not unusual for only one part to change at a time. Our ped ortho said that there is a lot of growth happening and you can't...
Hi All The best thing ever (for us) has just happened. We've just been to the hospital where, after an x-ray they removed the Pavlik harness for good....
Hi all, Emilia was in hosptial last week for her closed reduction & medial approach abductor tenotomy. They gave her a CT scan the next day and the bad news is...
Hi Jo I'm sorry to hear that baby Emilia's closed reduction failed. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you today and I hope this time it will be a success. My...
Jo, So sorry to hear about the failed closed reduction. Sometimes it happens if there is cartilage that gets in to the hip so that the femur can't remain in ...
Hi Jo & Emilia Just wondering how your second reduction went, was it a success, we've had our fingers crossed for you. Shona & Sophie ( 6 months old) ... From:...
Hi, thanks for asking after her. Well, we have success this time. Her CT scan last week showed it in the socket, not as far as they'd like, but OK. Went back...
Hello My daughter Jessica had a closed reduction when she was 5 months old. She came out of night splints on her first birthday. We have been having regular x...
Hi everyone Just to let you know. I've set-up a yahoo group for people in the Medway towns area of Kent. I hoping to set up a full working support group in...
The test that you are referring to is an arthogram, where the ped ortho surgeon injects dye. This dye allows more of the hip to be seen. Anything that is...
Hi Tracey Sorry I can't help... I've never heard of this before, but I'm no expert. The dye injection is called an "arthrogram", this will certainly give ...
Hi Thanks for your replies. Jessica had her previous check up at the end of may last year and everything was fine then. We are still waiting to hear a date...
I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Holly and I am a mother of 5 children, 3 girls and 2 boys. When I was a baby I had a Congenital Hip and my 5th child...
Hi Holly, my daughter Emilia (5mths) also cries all the time! but she always has. I presumed it was just a 'girlie' thing after having 3 boys before her who...
Hi Holly Welcome to the forum. Sorry, it's taken so long for me to respond! I'm sorry to hear that your baby has CDH and that pavlik harness didn't work....
Hi Everyone, Amy has had her scan and to begin with it looked as though she too was going to have problems. The first 2 scans showed the right hip was slighly...
Hi Leanne That's great news. I'm so pleased for you, especially after all you've been through with Sophie!! Take care Sara x ... From: leanne175uk To:...
I added some pictures of Faith from her brace and now in her cast. She is doing so much better with sleeping and eating. She gets either a new cast or a brace...
Hi Guys After we'd been told her hip looks normal in her last check, imagine our shock when we were told this week that she has mild Dysplasia (don't know...
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